Bellevue-based Symetra Life Insurance Company has been named to the 2013 Ward’s 50 group of top-performing insurance companies. It is the eighth consecutive year and 15th year overall that Symetra has been named to the list.

Conducted by Ward Group, a consulting and analytical firm specializing in the insurance industry and a provider of benchmarking practices, the 2013 Ward’s 50 list is composed of companies that have maintained outstanding financial results over a five-year period, 2008-2012. Nearly 800 life and health insurance companies domiciled in the United States are reviewed by Ward Group in the annual financial analysis.